Homelessness & Poverty In Destitute Seaside Town 🇬🇧

[@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus]

I am an American. This video popped up into my feed. Even i've of heard of Grimsby. It's been the butt of jokes for years i think. We have the same situation here too. Many towns and cities where former manufacturing and steel works have closed up and left. Leaving devastation behind. My heart goes to these poor souls. Maybe the town could somehow capitalize the fact it's near the sea. A port for incoming ships etc. Anyway, another great video. And all the best to our UK cousins from the USA.

[@angelagardner5230]

you too

[@lizmacleod8903]

Greetings to our American cousins across the pond 😊

[@lizmacleod8903]

Incase people have a short memory, during the Thatcher era, Labour shop stewards in the industries induced strikes again and again until it became rediculous. British steel industries lost contracts amongs many other industries. The factories shut down and the contracts went to the far East. I get fed up hearing from people expecting the publice to work their buts off paying tax, nothing is free . Any politician that promises higher benefits and free this and that aims at borrowing more money. The only saviour is investment in infrastructure and industry to generate work . I know it's terrible to be relying on handouts but we need to promote work .

[@cultfiction3865]

@@lizmacleod8903Arthur Scargill was a hero

[@petesmitt]

Sacha Baron Cohen made and starred as Nobby in a movie called Grimsby, which was screened worldwide; Nobby became an alcoholic football hooligan who started a life with his girlfriend Dawn and their 11 children in Grimsby.. says it all about how Grimsby is seen and represented.

[@JoshRobins]

I'm a musician and I like to go for a busk round different towns up and down the country on the run up to Christmas. This year, same as the past two years, I have got the best response and the most money in Grimsby. It is the only town I stay in for two days. The people here are incredibly friendly, they've got time to listen to music. Even the gangs of young lads with their faces covered up give me positive vibes and friendly nods, telling me to keep it up. The people here are generous, with their time and their money. I spend all day chatting to strangers, and while I'm playing they often bring me coffees and pastries from Greggs. And shop workers/owners only ever come out to say they've enjoyed listening to me, never to complain, which is unheard of when you're busking. I'm well aware that this town is suffering serious neglect and poverty, but it's worth saying that the people here are in it together, and there for each other, and you can see that.

[@mrscruff238]

Im a Londoner but lived in Grimsby for a few years, and i do agree with you, there were alot of drug addicts but the people were mostly brilliant, very warm people

[@ElizabethMcDermott-cy4cv]

Poor people give not bc they have but bc they haven't.

[@AnonAnonAnon]

35 years ago I was based miles up the road from Grimsby in the Army. One weekend a few of us travelled down for a weekend on the p iss. What a fantastic weekend we had! Great pubs, chippy, friendly locals and lovely weather. To see it turn into this is heart breaking. Another forgotten town.

[@lovesrc4296]

Thing is, if these people do so much as start protesting in the right places trained people from the forces will just do as they're told and push them along or else. If anything is going to change it must start with a revolt from the people protecting the thieves that call themselves elites and rulers. The people holding the weapons are the only ones between the public and the elites. Consider that.

[@oz5791]

Kirton ?, went on p iss at Grimsby and Cleethorpes, both good nights.

[@realbigtrouble]

I remember my mother taking me to the fish markets as a very young boy in the early 80's - a decade later as young teenage lads my mates and I would slip out early hours down the docks on our mountain bikes. We would evade security to go harass the prostitutes waiting for the fishermen to come back. There was a pub there that didn't open until midnight that served the fishermen coming home.

[@Dietchipsthefiddler]

Concrete!

[@partyguinness]

Cool story bro…from 35 years ago….fucking hell.

[@The-Dream2ker]

I live in Grimsby and know quite a few of the people you've interviewed, they're all great people and it just shows you can't judge someone by their situation

[@hauntological]

Heartbreaking. We were a poor family when I was a child and the highlight of our year (if we could afford it) was going on holiday for a weekend to Cleethorpes (in the mid 1970s). We loved the place. It was like heaven on earth to us. To see how Grimsby and Cleethorpes has suffered since then and the way it is in 2023 is so, so sad.

[@pigknickers2975]

We used to go to Mablethorpe, same story. Revisited a few years ago, it was sad.

[@МумийТролль-р3г]

Close borders for Hindu and Indian people Save British nation

[@hauntological]

@@МумийТролль-р3г WTF has that got to do with anything?

[@RaferJeffersonIII]

Was that a lie?

[@hauntological]

@@RaferJeffersonIII What?

[@angelagardner5230]

As a elderly, im so sorry to see this. I found it hard in the seventies here in Brum. Today im glad im older but feel sorry for the youngsters today. My grandkids etc .

[@noelfleming3567]

That's d biggest worry our children what's coming next drugs everywhere

[@CarterKey6]

I’m in the US and have the same fears for my children. Everything is collapsing. We have homeless everywhere even small towns but we house illegal immigrants for free.

[@angelagardner5230]

same over there carter. Imagine how we feel here too . Our small island@@CarterKey6

[@tordoff80]

i think same for my kids i was born in the 80s and ive seen this country go to sh??

[@DR-fn1if]

@@noelfleming3567Chinese fentanyl

[@kidbexl8663]

Honestly so glad Grimsby is getting this sort of spotlight, the rest of the UK needs to see this raw and unfiltered. There is potential for it but it needs work but there are definitely people trying to make it happen.

[@cgavin1]

I have been following the other fella wandering turnip is it? Its been very depressing. A solid chunk of middle and northern England look like Grimsby these days with no end in sight. The death of the high street and the ensuing collapse in regional authority budgets, already cut by central government, is fast creating a "rust belt" nation.

[@XXPIXX1980XX]

No offense but if things are that bad move away, why stay?

[@ufokuk77]

not as easy as that you need money to move and if you aint got it well ya kinda stuck and our gov dont do shit where they should but they help all those coming in from elsewhere@@XXPIXX1980XX

[@Tomos_J-J]

If everyone had that mindset Britain would've lost the war once the first air raid started. It is endemic.@@XXPIXX1980XX

[@treeaboo]

@@XXPIXX1980XX It costs money to move, money that they don't have.

[@charlesnewton3878]

I HAVE LIVED IN GRIMSBY ALL MY LIFE 74 YRS. IT IS SO SAD TO SEE THE TOWN LIKE THIS, NOT JUST THE FISHING ,THE FACTORYS GONE TOO.

[@magirusdeutzjupiter2234]

Now the GRIM in Grimsby is real.

[@OliverKitkat]

It’s time the government looked after our own people and stopped giveing our hard earned cash away too other countries and buying weapons for Ukraine . Start at home get our people off the streets

[@CheGuvera-ip8dc]

Now it’s just rimsby 🍩 proper shite hole

[@JohnDoe-ti8uj]

😂😂😂

[@CheGuvera-ip8dc]

Should call it rimbsy now

[@AusAnon91]

Your storytelling and articulation is incredible. Thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing and it's a shame to see. There's so much that could be done with those boarded up businesses/homes, im sure redeveloping one of those rows into government housing would do so much not only for the hopes of people but also the "image" of the town, which is what the people paying will more than likely only care for. With love and kindness from Australia, thankyou. Subbed

[@Flossy_tops]

I’m Lincolnshire born and bred and remember Grimsby back in the fishing days, the docks were bustling and I would occasionally call into the docks to buy fish only just landed. Such a sad demise and the forgotten people of Grimsby deserve better than this!!!

[@ijustdidahugeshit]

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[@GentlemanGaming1122]

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[@DaveMalin-cz5xe]

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[@TheMasterblaster32]

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[@heidigarrison5702]

I am impressed how eloquent these men are, their speech is fluid...few fillers, very few ahs, ums or unnecessary words. I think they really would take a chance and make the most it....they just need the chance.

[@IKP1000]

Thank you. You just gave me an education I didn't know I needed. It's shocking how this is invisible in the mainstream media.

[@ianthomas739]

I started my working career in Grimsby in the early 70's in a bakery ( Massey's ) in the middle of town. I used to walk around the docks to see the trawlers coming and going. All the major fish processing factories were there and the place was heaving. To see this wonderfully empathetic video is so sad and a disgrace to those in power that have allowed this to happen. Respect to all the good people of Grimsby and I hope things improve for all of you

[@The-Great-Brindian]

Ian, can you make your point please I'm curious as to what it is you want the masses to understand. I get what you just typed but I want to learn something from the comment you made otherwise I'd consider the comment having been a complete wastage of my time and energy. I went out of my way to read your comment, the least you could do is perhaps shed some light into what is 'troubling' you my son.

[@bunchofgrapesorafig]

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[@The-Great-Brindian]

@@bunchofgrapesorafig Thanks, I appreciate that.

[@stephenallison1522]

It's the industries own fault for over-fishing -- simple as that. If you remove any species from their natural environment before the age of sexual maturity, how can they possibly breed and multiply? It's got fuck all to do with politics or fishing rites, it's GREED! Grown men here feeling sorry for themselves saying they have to rob and go to prison, what a load of shite!

[@Goodmentalhealth.]

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[@realbigtrouble]

I grew up in Grimsby between 77 & 93 - it was a rough town then but this video legit made me cry to see the level of decline in Grimsby. My heart goes out to all those seemingly abandoned by our government. Mariners for life!!

[@oldishandwoke-ish1181]

Not seemingly. Just abandoned.

[@craigduncan8833]

Perhaps the people of grimsby shuyldn't have voted for a Tory MP.

[@realbigtrouble]

@@craigduncan8833 Grimsby was a Labour stronghold when it was killed - Tony Crosland was MP in 1976 when the fishing war with Iceland was acceded and Austin Mitchall after that. No, it was 30+ years of Labour that screwed Grimsby NOT Lia Nici in 2019. You got a Conservative MP after getting intergenerationally screwed by Labour. I knew Austin Mitchell personally through my step-father who was a local councillor in Grimsby '88-'93, he's a good man, he vehemently opposed his own party policies over the fishing wars. You clearly are an uneducated ideologue with no real understanding of what has happened there or the policies that killed the town.

[@steellio5526]

​@realbigtrouble Trouble is they were really voting for the party, not the man.

[@realbigtrouble]

@@steellio5526 and it was Labour Party policies that killed Grimsby, along with trying to be part of the European club under Tony Blair

[@TravellingTorunn]

This is quite painful to watch. Something has gone horribly wrong 😢

[@WotsisFace]

Or horribly right… which would be much worse…

[@svenandersen1459]

yes yes yes@@WotsisFace

[@tracysmith245]

@@WotsisFace same in Stoke why has it gone so awful has to be by design Stoke had top pubs clubs shops loved going town nothing there I could not get a job in the 90s was a lot better them days than it is now need a phone digital id to get universal credit does not matter if you are a normal person my daughter had top grades gone to university now no one gave her a job for a year what the hell is going on i ended up doing care work i hate every minute of it but i know where things are going. poor kids if they make cash no more how are starving homeless going to live they will starve to death not right for what a new currency stoke made pottery mining towns back in the day my granddad went down the mines nan textile mills

[@peacocklava]

Really hard-hitting video Wendall. Very sad.

[@G4RY1159]

The biggest crime in these places is lack of investment, they weren't perfect in the past but they still thrived a lot more for one simple reason ............Employment!

[@BarryMcCombs]

I’m a drummer from Alabama..USA..always wanted to visit England..but watching you and Danny’s videos have almost changed my mind…love the videos though..keep on keeping on!!!

[@leonwerne9501]

I am from Holland and about 20 years ago I once attended a wedding in Grimsby town. It was the best party ever. And England is definitely worth a visit.

[@FielDofroses-bv1jx]

At 13:09, what Anthony says makes you appreciate having a roof over your head, wash area. He has a smile on his face and a calm demeanor, I find his words about " I feel normal,"when describing what he deems attributes to that as very very touching. It's every day essentials for most of us that we don't even think about.

[@PeterSellers-yw9us]

I know that Anthony he is from Armthorpe he is a good lad his brother died years ago of drug over dose

[@clooxies2952]

I walk past him quite a lot😊

[@jamesh8648]

@@PeterSellers-yw9us I met him, really nice lad.

[@DjNikGnashers]

This is a great video, thank you for putting the spotlight on this forgotten town. The Nunsthorpe and Grange estates have always been a bit run down, but the whole of Grimsby is now in a shocking state.

[@DTAGAFFA]

the people from the nunsthorpe and grange that was causing issues before have gotten older and had kids and moved into east marsh now :)

[@magirusdeutzjupiter2234]

This place is EFFING ROUGH. Late at night kids about 7 yr old were using drug syringes to play darts on some ones house front door at 11pm 😁😁😁 thats ROUGH!!😜🤥🥶.....😁😁

[@stevo728822]

I was born there in the 60's but never returned. Thing is if you sail across the North Sea to Norway and Denmark, you will find similar size towns full of wealth and much better lifestyles. We suffer in this country from a political class and media that are only Londoncentric. Places like Grimsby are invisible to them. Some of it's downfall is due to a change in eating habits. When I was a lad..lol...we had kippers for breakfast, not full English. And I bet those kippers were landed in Grimsby. The Danes still catch and eat plenty of herring from the North Sea.

[@paulrowe9604]

What a load of TWADDLE !!!

[@paulrowe9604]

We had a cod war with Iceland around 1973 and fishing declined from 1975 !!! It was nothing to do with changes of taste !

[@jasontrue8056]

@@paulrowe9604 No Government invests in the north. It is only private investment and a lot of them are cowboys fleecing incompetent local authority's. Margaret thatcher shafted this country. She sold off public assets to the people who could afford to tie up savings in long term investments, sold council houses even though it was obvious a lot would end up in the hands of landlords, broke the unions during the miners strike, let the steel and car industries decline, introduced poll tax/ council tax etc. There was no investment in education, skills and training. No attempt to diversify the economy with tech or renewable energy or anything. As the person you are responding to says (he's right and you are wrong) only Southerners matter to the English Government and everything above Oxford would be better off being part of Scotland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MartinMilnerUK]

@@jasontrue8056 I'm from the north (Derby) but have lived in many places. A lot of towns down south are having things just as rough or worse. Apparently, Swindon (Wilts) is the nearest thing to hell on Earth in the central areas and I used to live in Hastings in East Sussex (you can't get much further south without getting your feet wet) and there was a tremendous amount of homelessness and social deprivation there. This was made worse by the government sanctioned movement of London's overspill to the seaside towns, importing all kinds of less savoury characters. And of course the coastal communities have problems with seasonal work only (tourism) and no real industrial base. It would appear that we have a lot of problems all over the country that we need to address and fix. Best.

[@vanessahenderson1850]

Grimsby is my hometown where I was born and raised. I can honestly say, that the social deprivation is paramount. The Authorities have been talking for decades that they are working on encouraging investment to the area. Locals are yet to see anything happen. Addiction, Homelessness and Unemployment levels are exceptionably high. I left school in the 80's and I can honestly say, that nothing much has changed since then. The only positive thing that I can actually say about the place, is that in the 80's, 90's and up until around 2008, the shopping mall used to be really good. Now, it's not worth even going into the mall because there's barely anything in there. Victoria Street, Freeman Street and the Riverhead areas are an absolute eyesore. It's so sad to see such decline. I often speak to the homeless guy who you filmed sat outside Mcdonalds in the Town Centre. Sometimes he's with another guy and they're always really polite. We've chatted about how dire the system is and the fact that, you're on your own due to lack of support. There's places set up that are supposed to offer support and advice for the homeless and for those that are suffering with addiction. After listening to what people have told me, all these so called services do is offer lip service nothing more. Basically, things have become so Corporate within that field. As many of us know, there's a lot of money being made off the back of the Unemployed, Addiction and the Homeless.

[@WarmasAsunnedcat]

Well done mate. Watched a few of your videos now, very good. Thank you just subscribed you deserve it for your efforts.

[@radeakins]

Born in Grimsby and still my home. Its difficult living here. It feels as if we are forgotten by government and businesses. Documentarians like yourself seems the only attention we get. We are an end of the road town, you need reason to come here, not just pass through. Job hunting is a nightmare even for people without criminal records. If you have a job, you stick to it like a limpet because there is no guarantee you'll find another in good time. I consider myself lucky that I've only been unemployed 4 days in the last 20 years but always remain fearful that my luck will finally give out at any time. I can't afford to leave Grimsby, those who can will, but I can't imagine living anywhere else. People of Grimsby and Cleethorpes have a strange comradery which is difficult to put into words. I wouldn't change it. The future looks bleak but we still carry each other and take it on the chin. I know many people in this town and many know me and everyone will tell you the same thing. There is a tribal essence here and all are welcome. You also got the name wrong: Its GREAT Grimsby.

[@daddybones45]

Grimbarians have the driest humour and the tightest bullshit filter. UTFM!

[@heathstjohn6775]

Wonderful to read that. But I feel I must add: for whom do the people there vote ? It couldn't be CON/Lab/Lib, could it ? Think of all the magnitude of political corruption, and that ! only what's been discovered, and, last night, in Tamworth and Bedford: what was their great idea there, to reinvigorate the land ?: CON/Lab !! And the 65% who didn't attend the polls?: that's just another even more cowardly way to be complicit; just tacit consent. Their hands have the keys to their handcuffs given to them, given to them !, in the polling booths; they pick up those little pencils, and, instead of picking the lock by choosing another name, they tighten the barrel the more.

[@neilfoster814]

I agree, folks from there are salt of the earth. Used to knock about with a few ex trawler men, hard working lads, even dated a couple of lasses from Gy/Clee, top lasses who were demons in bed!

[@daztee8322]

It's a shit hole bore off

[@jasontrue8056]

It's not difficult living in Grimsby. It all depends on the mindset. If you had good parents who worked at least most of their life and they are decent role models with values (the bedrock of society) then you should know right from wrong, go to school and do reasonably well if not better. From there you can move out of town to pursue specific job/ education because there will be the element of nepotism where you favour your own family/friends if in the position to employ otherwise there is strong competition due to females working more in the last 40 years unless you are prepared to work in shops and factories and educate/train yourself. If you manage to get a decent job the cost of living is below average. It's different if you grew up with bad parents/in bad areas or in care or witnessed/suffered abuse/ neglect, poverty, crime, unemployment, prostitution etc then you have something of an excuse for how you turn out but a lot of people expect better jobs than they have despite no evidence to suggest you deserve better than what you're in as it was the result of choices you made up to that point in life unless you are learning disabled, have mental health or physical health issues

[@paulshaw3882]

My parents and most of my family were born in Grimsby, I was born there too and never, has Grimsby been in "this" state. Even during WWII there was hope but not now. I can't help but feel that this is intentional .

[@BrickTop-oi7hx]

It’s deffo intentional! A class war! Tory scum

[@bertibear1300]

Of course it’s intentional

[@peacocklava]

To what end?

[@kevinpye3140]

​@@peacocklavaour end

[@englishvolunteerforce5862]

​@@peacocklava To end European civilisation!

[@jonnyevans6589]

My mum was born in Grimsby in 1939. She met My Farther here in the 50's. They both used to tell me fantastic heart warming stories about the towns wealth and community. They would leave their doors unlocked in the evening, fisher men would give the children sweets and there was never a shortage of work. I moved away in my teens but have now live where I was brought up, bought a house and one day hope to bring up some children here. What made Grimsby great was the fishing industry but now its greatness lye's in its people.

[@Ms.Norths.Musings]

I think the government should refurb those boarded up shops and turn them into homes for the homeless. Infact, they should demand it.

[@lewit1391]

ok then give money for refurb-do you think gov has money-? no gov doesn't have-if no one works all on benefits dont pay tax there is no money for ''refurb''

[@griswald7156]

@@lewit1391 well a lot of that money was spent on HS2 North ..so that was a few billion thrown away..and they need 6million a day to service the boat migrants bill.

[@jeannemillsom9300]

@@griswald7156 8 million now , an absolute scandal.

[@The_washing_board]

The government are happily funding hotels to become migrant hostels, if they had any appetite to help the homeless they would have included them in this scheme.

[@gingerali]

The Government has plenty money for the freeloaders that come by the boatloads soon the boarded up shops will be replaced by another culture who will demand building of mosques and prayer centres

[@kidinthecloud]

I love your videos… you really paint a picture of these once thriving places. It’s so sad to see the slow downfall.

[@WendallExplores]

Thank you for watching. I just want to show Britain as I see it, and the people I interact with. This is reality.

[@stevenmoore3480]

One part of reality, the one you are selling@@WendallExplores

[@MbisonBalrog]

This is so strange. Britain is heavily populated and dense. One would think ever piece of real estate be extremely valuable.

[@alexmac337]

It is extremely valuable....for growing weed.

[@eddieharris6004]

Not if there has been no real investment to replace the collapsed fishing industry....still waiting for "levelling up" to take off....Boris?

[@jimjoelliejack]

@@eddieharris6004Just a heads up buddy, BJoe has been gone for a while now, it’s an Asian gentleman called Rashid Sunuk according to the leader of the western world. I grew up in a shit hole called Woodend in Coventry, it was fecking dire.

[@sunnyjim1355]

@@eddieharris6004 Yet another who's still living in a passed paradigm and doen't grasp the reality of the current paradigm we live in... 🤦‍♂

[@sunnyjim1355]

@@qumbe 🤣 Tell me, by which 'democratic' process did Sunak become PM? I'll tell you - NONE! Wake up.

[@MarkRoss-v4y]

Really important work you're doing by documenting parts of the Country that many are unaware of. Liked and subscribed.

[@skfalpink123]

Back in the 1960s, fishing was the FIFTH largest industry in Britain. Some 10,000 vessels being serviced by over a million people - and that's before we even start looking at fish processing, sale and distribution! And the political classes of this country gave up all of those fishing waters without even consulting with those who would be ruined by their decision

[@Leberteich]

I believe that technology has a lot to do with the loss of jobs in fishing, just like in farming. There are giant trawlers now run by a handful of sailors taking as many fish as a hundred vessels used to. Not saying we made all the right political decisions w.r.t. fishing, but there is so much (or little) that politics can do when faced with satellite- guide megatrawlers. The failure of politics is in (not) transforming Grimsby's economic model.

[@fenlander7114]

@@Leberteichjust cos it can be done doesn’t mean it must be so, political will is quite capable of limiting the tech you describe. This is a long running problem of natural resource over extraction,dating back to the likes of the Hudson Steam Trawler co of a century ago - plenty of profits for the bosses and now look.

[@adammoss5284]

Them factory ships hoovering it all up aren’t even ours. It’s been going on for way way too long. No wonder the place is suffering. I have a few relations still there and over the last 40 odd years it’s been heartbreak to see how things have slowly deteriorated on each visit. Last time I was on freemo they were going to shut the market and more than half the old shops were shut. It’s very sad. My father was born on Orwell Street in the 20’s and his brothers and sisters went through the depression years but as bad as that was it’s nothing like as tough as it looks there now. Good people too. Breaks your heart..

[@guzzergusher]

he booted my dog in the balls when i was in the chippy 🐕🦶🏿 not a bad lad tho

[@glennfolau6959]

I'm from New Zealand, and many of us have heard of Grimsby Town football club, but not many of us are aware of Grimsby's past as a thriving fishing town, with a thriving port. It's the same in our part of the world, where once agricultural and manufacturing towns have had paper mills, timber mills close, possibly because of high manufacturing costs and competing with cheaper operating costs elsewhere. It is a real shame when towns, which relied upon a certain industry, go into decline.

[@rjdavey68]

It wasn't just thriving, at one time it was the single biggest fishing port in the world

[@DR-fn1if]

Jacinda and Luxon will make NZ same

[@glennfolau6959]

@@DR-fn1if who knows, it's global, it's happening in parts of Australia, the US.

[@JamesTopham-t4y]

You mean rugby??? Chur bro, I'm a queenslander living in UK, 17 years of it😢

[@JamesTopham-t4y]

Lower hut?

[@vtpoet5300]

Been to Grimsby. Met some of the most genuine human beings in my life there. But also, some of the absolute worst. The experience broke my heart. . . Well done, mate 👍 Subscribed 😉 -unfortunately, had a fight in Cleethorpes 🤷‍♂️ (kicked arse)

[@MrNuRetroPlays]

I grew up in Grimsby. I left 10 years ago. The town is in a absolute state. Its sad. My family and friends are all there. Grinding to survive.

[@Daedricbob]

I grew up in one of the surrounding villages in the 80s. We used to enjoy Mum & Dad taking us to Grimsby for the shops - I remember there was an amazing toy shop on Freeman Street that was heaven as a kid! It's so sad to see the state it's now in

[@scottyw0tty420]

lol i remember that toy shop, it was on the corner, opposite kent street at the dock end of freeman street, or freemo as we call it.... im sure it had 2 floors too

[@simonlewis5166]

Ramsdens

[@scottyw0tty420]

​@@simonlewis5166 ramsdens was decent, but the shop on freeman street was also good... used to enjoy the video game area in ramsdens.... was on the right as you got to the top of the stairs.

[@alexhaddock4554]

@@scottyw0tty420Used to go to Ramsden’s as a kid with my Grandma, was magical to me in those days.

[@michelleparkinson1118]

My father was a chief engineer on one of the trawlers. He was made redundant in 1978. We had to move abroad. Thankfully, my father's family had fishing vessels that he could then work on. It is so heartbreaking to see how this once thriving town has become now become so destitute 😢

[@quokkapirquish6825]

You didn't HAVE to move abroad. Could've just moved cities.

[@JustJeph33]

Wot do you care? You don't live there.

[@michelleparkinson1118]

@quokkapirquish6825 Sure , as there were so many vacancies for seamen in this country 🙄 and I was a child, I didn't really have much of a choice!!!

[@quokkapirquish6825]

Its like saying 'my dad was a bus driver but we had to move abroad when everybody started getting taxis' @@michelleparkinson1118

[@The-Great-Brindian]

Nostalgia can indeed provide comfort, but it becomes problematic when it impedes your ability to make sensible and well-informed decisions. Moreover, shedding tears over events from as far back as 1978 is not just a sign of a broken heart; it might indicate deeper underlying issues. It's crucial to seek the expertise of a mental health professional, perhaps even a psychiatrist, to address these concerns. I say this not to patronise you, but to genuinely offer help. It's time to confront the reality of 2023 and prioritise your mental well-being.

[@fuksushi3766]

Your commitment is awesome I watched most of your output It's really good, keep going this is pure valid documentary. Much love

[@moretimeneeded56]

Britain is not a rich country. It is a poor country with some rich people. Without London, the UK would be poorer than Mississippi, the poorest American state.

[@museonfilm8919]

That makes sense, yes - just one square mile in London where all the serious financing is going on. Outside of that everything is just shit, and falling apart.

[@cultfiction3865]

I’d agree with that too. Politicians tell us it’s a rich country when it’s a poor country with some rich people in it such as them. I’m from the mining heartlands of Yorkshire and there’s no shortage of poor bleak hovels considering MPs are telling us we are rich

[@Gary-vx7gp]

Shocking really.

[@pabo-qv3nx]

​@@cultfiction3865 Maybe rich but not through resources but through squeezing the public(taxes on everything) but definitely the money is SQUANDER left right and centre by the CORRUPT PLOT TICIANS .

[@dean-gm1lg]

The south as always been given priority over the north ,Grimsby could still be thriving if we caught and procesed our own fish again

[@WyeExplorer]

It doesn't surprise me a town being left to rot like that. My dad was born in Cleethorpes but left young and ended up in the SAS. He took us back during summers and I remember the area being buzzing in the 70's. It's funny Barton down the road has kind of survived. A good report that. Mark

[@sloppysausage1662]

I was born in Grimsby and spent the first 18 years of my life there. I returned after 15 years away and was heartbroken to see how the town centre looked so abandoned.

[@DarkLordofTheSith69]

Me too I left in 2006 I still go back to visit family but its destroyed and I won't be moving back

[@sloppysausage1662]

@DarkLordofTheSith69 yup, I left in 1998 and before I revisited I told my wife about the shopping centre Freshney Place and the bustling market area next door where you could buy nearly anything and how its all so good. Got there, and the town centre looks abandoned , Freshney Place is just a shadow of its former self, and the market was just deserted , hardly any stalls . I was just struck dumb. I admit I was a teenager when I left, and probably nostalgia hyped up my memories a bit . But shit me

[@anna-qg1mc]

I’ve also lived here for 18 years (I’m going to university next year) and it’s so sad. Most of my life growing up was occupied by being eager to get out of this town for good because it’s just so miserable.

[@sloppysausage1662]

@anna-qg1mc that's sad to hear. What family I have left in Grimsby all kept telling me its a crime-ridden crap hole now ( they live behind Freeman Street ), I thought they were exaggerating until I visited them. I remember the air BnB we stayed in had bolted the welcome mat to the path, and the wheelie bins were chained to the wall. My wife was shocked when we saw a drug deal going on outside the little corner shop we went to.

[@jasontrue8056]

@@sloppysausage1662 That is due to the changing nature of society. Town centres don't offer value for money compared to online business as shops need to absorb more fixed overheads like lighting, staffing etc. Once the big name shops start to go it's a domino effect as more and more pound shops move in. When you can purchase globally cheaper than locally guess what happens in all walks of life? Other ways society has changed is due to town centre banks being replaced with ATMs and mobile banking/chip and pin, post offices closing, community centres closing, youth centres closing, recreational fields disappearing or not being maintained, youngsters and old people not being catered for in any way

[@thejoe9t]

Good to see my old pal Gary on here. Sorry to hear about your living circumstances. Hang in there mate. You should come back to Plymouth

[@jenjenbeingbored]

I'm Grimsby born and raised. Worked my arse off and followed my dream to live in Los Angeles and every time someone American asks about my hometown they really can't believe it's as bad as I tell them it is. Everyone thinks England is this classic elegant country with gorgeous landscapes and architecture, when the reality is so far from that and so many people are in the same position as the people in this video. Really insightful video, makes me feel a weird sense of nostalgia for GY, but also reminds me why I left.

[@-_YouMayFind_-]

I mean these streets excist in the USA too haha. Even more homelessness on the streets with drug use. I think the UK is very similar to the USA in many ways.

[@Nils.Minimalist]

And now please talk about Skid Row, L.A. 🙄

[@loadapish]

​@@-_YouMayFind_-we r 20 years behind america. I believe we will have huge homeless camps like they do. I believe 50% of the population will be working homeless (slaves) in about 70 years

[@jonesjermaine4387]

Ask the real question why haven't the British discovered dental Hygiene yet?

[@kevingray5646]

The English vote Tory and wonder why they are poor, uneducated, unhealthy and left behind……a failed state ran by a privileged wealthy elite.

[@bigmac2722]

I feel incredibly sad for all the people featured in this video. Particularly the first two guys. They were both incredibly articulate but have obviously not been given the same opportunities as some of the rest of us in the UK. Something has gone desperately wrong and the government should be ashamed.

[@annedoyle222]

The government wants it like this,it’s all part of the globalists agenda the disgusting energy of greed generates nothing but suffering and misery on the poorest most vulnerable members of society,it makes my blood boil especially since it’s only going to get worse,meanwhile the rich get richer

[@CW-Design]

I think some of their life choices have played a big impact too.

[@Chalize]

@@CW-Design For sure. You can tell they're on the street for a reason.

[@tihannabear]

If you've spent a heavy amount of time around addicts, you can also see through some of what they say. They may say they want to change but without access to proper ABILITY to change, their hands are tied and stuck in a cycle of drug abuse.

[@ozzylad2497]

Really?? Yes, we all have different opportunities in life, but if you don't take those opportunities, you may never get anywhere in life and end up like some in this video. just like the bloke at 4.50 with the dodgy tatts on his face, nothing says more than "I don't want a job" than face tatts! ... poor life choice ...

[@Aelwyn666]

It's very sad and eye opening to see this. I hope things change. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Great video, mate. All the best.

[@SamLesGo]

You can rarely have it both ways. When it’s (poor) area people tend to be more welcoming and friendly. The more rich the less empathetic in my humble opinion.

[@Gaiathechi]

I lived there for a few years. It's an incredible place, i recall feeling very down after a while living there - i saw people have seizures from drugs on my breaks, saw petty crime regularly, couldn't afford to even give the numerous homeless any change so used to often carry a few pre-rolled cigs to give them instead, helped basically mediate a homeless couples' domestic argument in order to prevent nearby lads intervening and giving the guy a beating to leave her alone... so much more, i could write a book about it. Yet nothing bad ever happened to me... sure, foxes occasionally made me jump walking home late at night from work, but never people. Honestly, i could write a whole book about my short time there... There was always an urgency to escape while there in that bleak enviornment yet all 8 have looking back are fond memories of the people. They had a lot of pride in their dying town, an unusual yet strong concept of community. Lots of people without much at all, yet always willing to help each other.

[@70sChild-bv7ox]

I lived down Tunnard Street just 2 minutes from where you interviewed the postal lady. We moved away in 1986 and I can assure you, that is when the decline began. This is why my parents decided to move away. It really does upset me when I see the desolation. The vast majority of my childhood memories are from Tunnard Street and I still have many friends who grew up on the East Marsh. We all say exactly the same thing and it’s sad.

[@jasontrue8056]

Yeas the East Marsh, Port areas and most of West Marsh are the worst areas. Not too bad like you say in the 80s but even then areas near ports and shops and factories like cleethorpes road, freeman street, oxford street etc were always on the verge of dodgy, they just took over from the Nunsthorpe

[@Ravvy576]

Thank you for the virtual tour. A real eye opener and shocking how the towns have just been left to rot and the government not giving these lovely people any hope.

[@Sam_ware]

Great vid, I don't normally comment on things but had something I wanted to share. My nan was from Grimsby and lived there until about 5 years ago, I loved visiting when I was a kid. 5 years ago was when her dementia started to set in so we moved her closer to the rest of the family in the West Midlands. We lost my grandad in 2008, so she'd been living alone for about 10 years. In the months leading up to us moving her out of Grimsby, it was becoming clear that something was wrong. She told me she'd gone shopping and forgotten her purse (some kind folks then paid for her shopping for her) and on another occasion she'd tried to go to the shop in the middle of the night I believe, and fortunately a nice man found her and drove her home. It was scary at the time knowing she was far away from us while also being so vulnerable, but I'll never forget the kindness of those strangers who looked out for her back then. It's really sad to see what the town and potentially those people are going through now.

[@ScottMackey]

Great video, hope it gets the exposure it deserves and highlights the issues there. I too remember as a kid going to Grimsby market and amusements. Didn’t realise the rate of decline. So sad 😢

[@cjherbert]

I feel for them. I grew up in Lincolnshire and this seems a world apart from the pleasant, rural backwater I remember. The political problem with Grimsby and investment is that it's not on the way to or from anywhere, with the demise of fishing and the docks there is, in the view of the government, almost no reason for a town of that size in that location to exist. It's in managed decline. There are glimmers of hope: up-to-date food processing has always been a local employer, and, with a boost, it could become a hub for green energy and offshore wind farms with apprenticeships and good quality jobs. Again, I wish everyone well.

[@kjp1232]

Yet they spend 8 million a day puttin Albanian single men with no passport in 4 star hotels

[@tonemc6047]

@@kjp1232It’s the Kalergi plan.

[@des_smith7658]

It's grim up north

[@andyt8216]

@@kjp1232No, the Albanians are sent back. Unfortunately it’s the misogynist, Islamist, Middle Eastern and Afghan ones who we let stay and God knows to what end.

[@tradeladder146]

Grimsby is Tory, Go figure. 🤷‍♂

[@laura1998xoxo]

Grimsby definitely isnt the nicest place to live, but these are only the worst parts of it. I've lived here for the last 16 years. I also lived in Leeds for 4 years. There are some much rougher areas in Leeds, such as Harehills! People seem to think that cities are much better and safer, but personally I believe that this perception comes from the fact that the rough areas in cities are further away from the tourist or rich parts. I feel much safer walking through the marsh than harehills for sure! I also find living in Grimsby much more peaceful and homely than cities, if you keep to yourself or manage to get into a decent area its good. And the 'rough' areas are full of extremely friendly people too, I've always felt safe and welcome. Yes Grimsby isn't ideal but its my home and I love it❤

[@SeasonalParadise]

I was born in Grimsby in 71, spent the 70s in Cleethorpes going to Thrunscoe School, and then moved to Grimsby going to Macaulay and Whitgift. My granddad was a docker. I really enjoyed it. Overall, it was a good place to grow up. You're right, the people were friendly. I'm glad to see you discovered they still are. Grimsby has a great leisure center, nice places to walk, some great cycling in the Wolds, and some good pubs. Funny to see the pier change into a massive fish and chippy. I remember it for being a nightclub. My friends and I used to stay out until one or 2 AM at the pier and then I have chips across the road. It's a shame to see all the shops boarded up, but online shopping has killed most local shops. They really should just get converted to residential.

[@mamandalatruck1]

I worked Grimsby recently. Yes it is desperately poor and has massive social issues. But! Having worked for 28 years as a Midwife I can honestly say they have the most outstanding world class Maternity unit and services they have. Amazing. No where else like it in the world.

[@Daniel-x1i8h]

C'mon Love . World class

[@costeris35]

Based on your worldwide experience? 😂

[@Kam-King213]

Is anyone even having babies over there

[@winterwulf1995]

Yeah single mums who have kids to claim benefits are the only people the government cares about. They have enough help already

[@lisaodd3196]

Thank you Oli for a fair report on my hometown, Grimsby. I'm GY born and bred but moved to North Yorkshire almost a decade ago. I'm now living pretty close to Scarborough, and in my view Scarbados is absolute paradise in comparison. Thoroughly enjoyed seeing the old dump again 😂. It once was a fine town with rich history and thriving industry. The town planners began a series of catastrophic modernisation plans in the 59's and 60's, a lot of fine buildings sadly lost.. Whitby and Robins Hood Bay would be a good one for you, no locals because of second home owners, just like in Kernow.

[@WendallExplores]

I will probably go back to Grimsby and follow this up when I have the opportunity. So many stories to tell. Wonderful locals, terrible decline.

[@lisaodd3196]

@@WendallExplores it's a very sad story, the fishing industry was huge. Did you see the memorial for the fishermen? And Europes most complete ice factory is being left to rot, if it was Hull people would have done something to preserve the building and it's machinery. Scunthorpe post steel industry would be a good one. Really enjoying your channel, all excellent uploads and your genuine interest in the people behind the towns makes it something quite special.

[@johnhatfield1070]

How can you possibly miss an appointment with all day every day off. Attend at the specified time and accept the £320 handout. Alternatively relocate to somewhere where these one million job vacancies are?

[@user-uo5jw7lz5g]

​@@WendallExploresthey need to all stop paying council tax till council start doing it up asap

[@sparkesman1980]

I wouldn't call living in Scarborough much of an improvement 😂

[@fiddlestickzmuzik]

Be nice if people could move into those buildings and fix them up so people don't have to live on the streets. I'm originally from England, live in Australia now and it makes me feel so gifted to have a job and somewhere to live. Never take what you have for granted ever.

[@walter3433]

pom pom pom

[@sneakykebab]

Great coverage. This really puts the grim in grimsby. Sad thing is these are ordinary decent people that are just shat on & forgotten about by the government. Industry, economy & wealth should be spread equally, but unfortunately the rich are gettIng richer while the poor get poorer. Im not from the UK but i hope the situation in places like Grimsby improves.

[@kirishima638]

Really good of you to actually speak to the locals and the homeless. They’re not all druggies and criminals

[@michaelb2388]

No just half of them

[@johnfowler7266]

Why is it good of him? He is capitalizing on a bad situation and making videos!!! More than half are drug users!! In fact I would say 99% and the 1% that don’t are fucking lying!!!!! Or alcoholics!!!!!

[@theelitest5795]

Can’t watch things like this because it’s not a true reflection of the area. Filmed the wrong places completely. There’s more to the areas than the substance users who make themselves homeless. There’s waaaaaay nicer areas than the town centre of Grimsby. Actually go out there and do a proper video on the area.

[@ian_y]

@@theelitest5795 just by looking on google maps it can be seen there are plenty of nicer areas, including shopping areas. There will always be homeless people as not everyone can fit into society. As you say, using substances heavily is not compatible with a normal existence.

[@fredericktarr8266]

And more than 50% of blacks, but the anti-White government makes sure to put them in council housing first@@michaelb2388

[@nicolebyron5484]

After watching your program and having grown up in North East Lincs, I checked out charities in that area that help homeless people and have just sent a fairly large donation from my CAF charity account to Harbour Place. I was shocked at how much Grimsby has gone downhill. So sad. This Gov doesn't give a dam about anywhere north of London and anyone except their greedy selves. Got to go, blood boiling now!

[@apocalypse_____]

UK sucks 😞

[@vanessahenderson1850]

Harbour Place has been taken over. The council now have their fingers in the pie and things are far from being good. People aren't getting the help/support that they are led to believe. All that's happening is lip service nothing more which is why I refuse to donate to this place. Instead, I go around the area and I hand out food and money. That way, I know that the less fortunate are getting a bit of help and that the monies isn't going into some brown envelope within the corporate system.

[@Luckyluke870]

It’s been happening. This is just the tip of the iceberg believe me. God bless

[@genaromicol7347]

why?@@apocalypse_____

[@genaromicol7347]

great. fuck britain

[@simonuk4964]

Thank you for making this video… I used to live in Grimsby for a half year & after previously living in vibrant Nottingham for 13 years I was really shocked for the first few days or weeks… It’s a forgotten by God and authorities place with friendly people - as you said. To change the subject: I don’t know what a recording gear you used but within many years I haven’t seen SO CRISP & CLEAR PICTURE on KZbin or anywhere else! It’s a diferent experience watching it comparing to everything else! Well done buddy 👌

[@watsoft70]

You just made Look North with this video. There were people trying to defend the place and what little is left of the fishing industry, but you nailed it! Grimsby is a forgotten dump and Cleethorpes is only marginally better. It's sad, but the same in many costal areas that relied heavily on fishing and/or tourism. 😢

[@MartinMilnerUK]

and that explains the horrific descent of once pretty towns like Torquay in our south-west. For some reason decline is everywhere and nationwide.

[@TheBrawlBox]

£2.50 a pint! I've been in Kent too long. Great post.

[@marcusmotley2550]

My Mum grew up in Grimsby when it was at its peak ,my uncle and his brother had trawlers and the place was thriving I remember a Docks full of activity and a brilliant high street It’s CRIMINAL the neglect it has endured On the flip side after all that neglect the locals are overall great people I was a member of a boxing club in Tunnard st east marsh for 20years Never saw any trouble ,kids playing football in the street and you could park any car down there it would not be touched They are overall good people that deserve a hell of a lot better

[@stephenallison1522]

It was probably your greedy uncle and his greedy brother who took all the fish and left none in the sea.

[@marcusmotley2550]

@@stephenallison1522f you had a brain you’d be a lot more dangerous

[@thursday1679]

Not from Grimsby but it is reminiscent ( on a much smaller scale) of Detroit , where basically everything revolved around one industry and once that went into decline , everything else did as well ...very sad to see and I genuinely hope things get better for the people who live in Grimsby.

[@Koutsimouka]

What was Detroits one industry? Curious

[@finalbanese9359]

@@Koutsimoukathe car industry, I’m the 60s it was known as ‘motor town’, and was where the very first ford production line was

[@L1623VP]

Yes, I was thinking the same thing but only of Cleveland, Ohio, Youngstown, Ohio, and Buffalo, New York when the steel industry left. Those cities never rebounded.

[@GlitchZitch]

i've grown up around grimsby and cleethorpes. it's a pretty small, close-knit community, everyone's just trying their best to get by and survive. it's a real shame, i wish i got to see it's hayday and i can only hope things improve

[@PietiaKedzierski]

I have been living in the nearby town of Cleethorpes for the last 10 years. Despite the poverty, it is a friendly town and the people are generally good. However, the main problem lies with the parasitic council and lack of sensible investments to rebuild the place. Grimsby & Cleethorpes has the potential to become a better place to live, but the current economic situation doesn't help.

[@Grimberian72]

as a grimberian myself! i do agree with you regarding the local council making stupid investment choices at the expense of the locals.

[@BlackPanthaa]

Grew up there, a big issue is mentality too. So many are convinced it's a nice place to live, they don't go out and explore the rest of the county even. It's really sad and one of the worst places to be born into, even just mindset alone

[@liverpoololdschool]

But you just mentioned virtually every town and city, locals are like that everywhere.

[@BlackPanthaa]

@@liverpoololdschool definitely not, there's only a few places I've known that have this. Especially when do deprived

[@liverpoololdschool]

@@BlackPanthaa lad everywhere is like that, people are the same they stay in the same place they're whole lives that's the vast majority of people.

[@zopposimone9223]

thats so interting, I would never have guessed that you once were a citizen there. Love your videos btw you made me love the crew 2 when I was younger

[@radec1744]

lmao didnt expect to see you here

[@jasonvlogs423]

Why don't they get a job instead get drunk and take drugs and feel sorry for themselves thinking everyone owes them .

[@bgregg55]

This is a difficult & painful watch but I thank you for making it.

[@willriley6964]

Excellent documentary, sadly this is going to become more and more commonplace in Britain in the coming years.

[@WendallExplores]

Accurate prediction

[@laurajoyjester8424]

And the US

[@MrSloika]

How is that possible? Wasn't Brexit suppose to fix all of this?

[@TroyTempest777]

​@@MrSloika Because Brexit only benefitted the Tory elite,not the rest of us.

[@chrism8234]

As am American I'm not making light of this documentary. It's extremely sad but the difference between there and here is this guy can walk down the street without being offered drugs or robbed and maybe killed. It still doesn't look as bad as where I live honestly. The entire western world in in decline though sadly

[@limitedmark]

Being from north Lincolnshire I have watched most of the major towns go downhill , its a sad time.

[@maljo4604]

Astounded at how well spoken and insightful the two guys were, they illustrated the problems facing Grimsby perfectly.

[@daftdigital]

Trapped by socio-economic circumstance, it's really not there fault, but as a society we have it drilled into us by the richest to blame the individual.

[@ClaudiusAD43]

The raab c nesbitt of grimsby

[@simonpalmer-r1e]

What two junkies... ? Give me a break...

[@SwissCheese112]

well spoken and insightful my ass. their speeches are a dime a dozen with junkies

[@wildbillharding]

Each of them has more brains than the entire Labour front bench.

[@neilfoster814]

Having spent a LOT of time in Grimsby and Cleethorpes (including the docks) I can say that the vast majority of the people are lovely, but yes, the decline is sad to see.

[@jimbo43ohara51]

These characters telling the tale could do with a bit of a clean up as well. Not sure if this is the average Joe Blow in Britain but heaven help us.

[@garyhesketh8164]

Very interesting, well put together. Well done. Also sad. Levelling up, down south.

[@deadendwaterfall]

Last time I was in Grimsby, the urge to weep never felt greater, I couldn't get back to Hull quickly enough, I know Hull has poverty issues too, but Hull seems like Grimsby's richer brother. Even my dog which we got from a family in Grimsby hates the place being mentioned.

[@ams1897]

I think that’s overplaying it a bit. The city centre has definitely had some money spent on it, but the city still has a lower life expectancy, lower wages, etc. I’ve always seen Hull, Grimsby, and Scunthorpe as the same places really, the only difference is size and quality of town centre

[@ehkirkio]

Sorry but what a load of melodramatic bollocks

[@jasontrue8056]

Are you kidding me? Hull better than Grimsby? In what way? Hull is dump and ever further north!

[@Kris_1708]

@@jasontrue8056Hull is not even ranked in top 40 worst places anymore …get a grip

[@stevenhighams4190]

@@ams1897 We're not the same at all; one of us is in Yorkshire and the other two might as well be on the moon.

[@interestingnonsense6582]

Nice video man. Highlighting the struggles and challenges that these people face. There is a chronic disparity between the have and have nots. Politicians exploit the working class.

[@Spuddins54]

Being from Scunthorpe, a stone's throw away, a lot of this translates to my town too. No investment in the high street, not many job opportunities. As Grimsby has declined with the loss of the fishing industry, Scunthorpe has declined with the uncertainty over the steel industry, I can sympathise a lot.

[@deadendwaterfall]

I'm originally from Scunthorpe and I'd feel hard crushed to find anything good to say about Scunthorpe, I wouldn't feel safe anymore in most areas of the town.

[@CalRapz]

Your steel industry is still going

[@ShaunBradley-j1z]

Scunthorpe isn’t much better 🤣

[@Spuddins54]

@@CalRapz It is but it's future is uncertain, as I said.

[@Spuddins54]

@@ShaunBradley-j1z that was kind of my point.

[@nobbynomad2010]

Life is full of choices. If you decide that tattoos all over your face is a good choice. Having a criminal record is another life choice. Why would an employer take on someone like this when there's an abundance of honest and willing people that would be glad of a job. You're not a victim of society, you're a victim of your own life choices.

[@rossmurrayfam1568]

I agree but a tattoo shouldnt define who you are face neck or hands

[@roryhanlon927]

So why are people who grow up in Grimsby so much less likely to make the right choices than people in Virginia Water, Surrey? I don't suppose external factors influence people's choices?

[@guzzergusher]

​@@roryhanlon927imbreeding 👍

[@remisteele8904]

Kind of like how its a choice to have the slightest bit of empathy. Or how its a choice to educate yourself enough to understand that poverty, criminality and homelessness are complex issues that can't be distillted down to your ignorant, black and white, lazy view. Its such an oversimplification that it shows either your complete lack of knowledge regarding the topic, or it shows that you're simply biased and refuse to value ANY view that isn't your own. You can just say that, if thats the case. Much easier to just be truthful and say "I'm a shit person". In which case, you can stop reading now. But if you care to understand why you're wrong, heres some of the factors that contribute to this problem. Systemic Factors: The majority of people are born into poverty. Thats not a choice. Much of the time, growing up poor goes hand-in-hand with lack of access to quality education, healthcare, and job opportunities. These are systemic issues, and its obvious how it leads to a cycle of poverty that’s incredibly difficult to break out of. Personal Circumstances: Some individuals may suffer from mental health issues or addiction, which can lead to job loss and homelessness. It’s important to remember that these are health issues, not moral failings or choices. There's also familial issues, or straight-up lack of employment. Sometimes, people fall into poverty or homelessness due to unexpected events like job loss, a medical emergency, or a natural disaster. These events can happen to anyone and are often beyond an individual’s control. When these issues compound and someone has little to-no support, it's easy to understand how people can make good choices and still find themselves in desperate circumstances. Criminality: As for criminal behavior, it’s crucial to understand that not all criminals are the same. Some people may turn to crime out of desperation or as a result of their environment. Remember, we've already shown that there are systemic issues helping to perpetuate the cycle of poverty. Others may have made poor choices, yes, and they should be made to take responsibility for that, but it’s also possible that they lacked the resources or support to make better ones. Not all criminals are bad people - most aren't. So what are they supposed to do when they are trying to make the right choices and better themselves and their future, but people with outdated, lazy opinions like yours put up as many roadblocks and obstacles as they can. By making it next to impossible to make the RIGHT choice, you're forcing them to make the wrong choices simply to survive.

[@vikicarts1772]

So glad I found yr channel. Used to visit Grimsby as a kid, incredibly sad to see what's become of it and how the locals are struggling so much. Just been forgotten and left to try survive best they can. Terrible.

[@sommesoul33]

I went to Grimbsy on my own and i found it a very friendly place. Locals took me into their homes without me asking as i was alone. They done it because they genuinely wanted to help (i never asked). They were single young men too (just platonic strangers) and met one of their parents. I then got train back to Scotland. There was no snobbery from the ones who helped me.

[@RTMgi9]

😂 unless you're brown they look at you like a terrorist

[@steviejrr]

One of these times they'll murder you mate, going into strangers homes?

[@android584]

A young blonde woman in her own? I can see why people were so friendly.

[@sommesoul33]

@@android584 they were just genuinely nice men to me. They didn’t try anything or say anything that was creepy.

[@clooxies2952]

@@sommesoul33They were tryna hit mate im not sure theyd do the same for a young brown man

[@groundflop]

I went there last weekend and, like you, was really shocked by the number of shuttered and boarded-up buildings but found the people to be really friendly. It felt like there was a significant population of people with disabilities, who can't be served well by the lack of amenities and how forgotten and neglected the town feels from the rest of the country. That said, the pies at the White Hart pub (by Grimsby Town station) are delicious!

[@Gaiathechi]

If you stop by again I thoroughly recommend you trying the food on the Barge beside Freshney Place, locally sourced fresh food, lovely staff, brilliant all round- and again, amazing people friendly with everyone - there must be something in the air in Grimsby as everyone is so sociable, maybe its the lack of fluoride in their water

[@xxsupastarxx]

Most of this country is like that.

[@girlplanetboy]

Well written and grammatically almost perfect, my friend - except you had a couple of commas missing from your dependent clauses. Glad to see someone who cares about punctuation. Thumbs up!

[@MrTuts4life]

@@Gaiathechiunfortunately the barge closed its kitchen around a year ago now, I asked the staff why at the time and I was told it just wasn’t making money… a great shame, it was delicious

[@Gaiathechi]

@@MrTuts4life thank you for letting me know, that is such a shame !! These aren't good times for the majority are they, especially independent businesses, how sad!

[@stevennorth383]

Im a taxi driver in Newcastle upon Tyne. Last week i took an immigrant down to east marsh paid for by the government £273 fare i couldn't believe it. House waiting for him guess he thinks the long hard trip from Egypt was well worth it. I was shocked at the place but saying that parts of the North East have huge problems too. Probably find these problems all over the UK. Can't see any of the current politicians getting to grips with it soon.

[@user-zw5hs4pl9n]

Disgusting mate and are own are on the streets what a joke

[@andybonk365]

our own aint bro ... its the scum still dont let them fool ya

[@usama4050]

Hahaha I wish you were a but more educated. Out of all the immigrants only 0.18 percent are asylum seekers while majority are tax payers and hard working people. I moved to Hull from Dubai in January 2023 and I am an Engineer so far I’ve paid around 20000 pounds in taxes, university fees and visa fees. Obviously you don’t want to mention that! Half of these people said it themselves that they have criminal records. Do you expect them to be employed at NASA? They are leeching off system and can’t get a job because of their own fault not the immigrants. It’s good that somebody highlighted this.

[@user-zw5hs4pl9n]

@@usama4050 thats a 100 percent lie they come England and reep the benefits !! Illegal immagtns paying tax ..... OK 😂😂😂😂

[@littlewol2620]

@@usama4050 theres a bit of a difference of qualified immigrant, and someone being paid for by the government. if you have these qualifications and are employed. more power to you. contributing to the system. do you think this egyptian guy chose to go to grimsby? no he didnt, government, ie, the tax payer, paid for him to be relocated to grimsby. one can assume he has no qualifications for a job like yours, and is not, as of yet, a net contributor to the system. so do not take offence when you clearly do not apply to this same category of person. you yourself have fed into and are breeding that same philosophy. once a criminal, always a criminal, despite knowing context or situation. pipe down, and realise that this system has pros and cons. may we ask why you left dubai, such a wealthy place, to come to uk? you are on one hand saying do not tar all with the same brush, yet tar all with the same brush. id hold back your opinion if i were you, because all it shows is hypocracy, being so qualified and such, it makes us wonder why you left ??? it begs another question. what do you do with your money? does it all stay in this country and its economy, or do you send it "home"? because many do, and all that does it make this country worse off.

[@originsofunity]

As an aussie whose parents emigrated and who is now staying in clee after granddads death. I can say the people here are incredible, and there is so much potential if people were to invest in art, culture and there are some incredible buildings that could have amazing events, ideas, sharing, skills workshops etc. It is so sad to see. But i truly have hope that it will be reborn because there i really see potential here. After living in Berlin, I feel it is a place just waiting for some new ideas. So if you have some. Please save my parents and family town!!!

[@staceywoods5933]

They're nice because they know struggle...I'm not far down the road, Trent still sees the ageir and we've had millions in reinvestment (needed it) but our MP is Edward Liegh so he's quite happily in the government back pocket. It's not about the people it's about what he can make from it all. People still queue at the food bank, there's feeding schemes for town.

[@bonvoyage5377]

invest in art??? what about jobs/homelessness........wtf

[@Imhereforfun-jz2lu]

@@bonvoyage5377 It needs a good art gallery.

[@williamcaldwell-smith3865]

It's no good happening all over the world incl Australia it's an agenda

[@xN4THxTH3xDEM0Nx]

I was born and bred in grimsby before moving to go to uni. The commercial decline since the financial crash has been astonishing. I left 6th form in 2009 and stopped by a year before going to study and it took me over 6 months to get a job, cant imagine what it would be like with a criminal record. Theres plenty of suburbs that are affluent when you move away from the town centre, however ive got no idea where the people work to support themselves, must be that they work elsewhere

[@tonyska]

I used to regularly drive into Grimsby at night due to work. There's something very depressing about the place. Don't get me wrong, the people were friendly enough but there's just an air of decline and desperation about it.

[@davidworley8637]

Lived in Grimsby until 1992, loved the place I used to sing in a folk club there on a paddle steamer. Puzzles me that the people who have got no money always appear to have money for tattoos, ear rings etc. I used to go onto the docks and into the pubs and occasionally treat people with no money to a pint and listen to their stories of better times. Some of them were out of work trawlermen - they use to be at sea for all the month apart from a couple of days and their wives looked after the kids. I used to sit in and listen to what they had to say. When the Fishing Industry in Great Grimsby died the Trawler owners got a lot of compensation money, but the Fishermen who were considered casual workers got no redundancy pay. I have been to Jaywick in Essex as well it is poorer than Grimsby. Hopefully the North Sea Oil Boom will bring back the money to the Northeast and Humber.

[@bigglestornado3882]

WENDALL. Your videos really do show the state of our once proud country. I come from Torbay, where you visited, and it breaks my heart when I see it's decline. I hear what you are saying, when you say that the under 40 aged people of Grimsby now accept it as being a derilict town, but let us not forget that the politicians of the town are on good money to sort the mess out. Also, the ones who are running the show need to get out of their Westminster bubble and see what is going on across the country. Keep up the very important work that you do.

[@jonnydoeson5562]

He’s a sensationalist. He goes out looking for bad stuff to get more views.

[@68majortom]

​@@jonnydoeson5562don't talk pish

[@naedanger123]

@@jonnydoeson5562 Oh so is Grimsby secretly a massively wealthy town with plenty of job opportunities and record low rates of drug abuse and crime? Give yourself a shake you clown.

[@basylpeterjones]

@@68majortom I've only seen bits of a couple of the videos yet, but he only interviews people on the absolute fringe of society. There'll always be a big group of people like that but we hardly have a benefits system now and that's the main issue, here.

[@68majortom]

@@basylpeterjones idk if this is true but I was told if you are Registered Homeless with the Dept. Work & Pen then you don't get any money if so that's disgraceful?

[@patrickscott838]

There should be a program to get those homeless people back on the right path!

[@morris8398]

Sorry to say .. if they are illegal immigrants the government will go out their way to a help them the government don't care about us need to stand and fight

[@stevenmoore3480]

you can lead a horse to water...

[@paulrowe9604]

There should be a program to re vitalise Grimsby to help the decent people who are not druggies or boozers or lazy ! In other words the great majority of grimbarians !

[@richardstott6023]

Be nice if we had the 36 billion the government wasted on Track and Trace covid phone app....

[@ElsieJoy39]

They don't want to be "on the right path"...there are plenty of opportunities for them to do so

[@Heaven-dy9lj]

The demographic of those interviewed on the streets says everything to me. Tragic set of circumstances.

[@DJThePastor]

Heavily edited to show the shame

[@stevenmoore3480]

true, this is one sided self inflicted misery@@DJThePastor

[@annoyingbstard9407]

lol! Yes, completely random and unedited. 😂

[@jasontrue8056]

YES. It says everything to me too. Interview 7 homeless people, a bar worker, a shop worker and a postal worker and expect anything but what you went looking for?? Most of Grimsby isn't that bad. It is possible to earn decent money especially compared to the cost of living. But if you go looking to interview people who are homeless, out of work and have a criminal record you aren't going to bump into the next Elon Musk

[@angusmackay6196]

I used to work on a Grimsby fishing vessel in 1991 -92 , I cannot believe the state of the place nowadays , it’s unbelievably sad , an absolute state . It was quite busy back in the early 90s now it’s completely dead

[@Islandicus]

Thirty years ago in 1993, I was catching a ship from Immingham and stayed for a couple of nights in Grimsby. I thought it was a reall nice town with a good selection of shops and places to eat. I even considered moving there. In 2010, I went back and noticed that it seemed a bit run down but I never thought it would end up like this. It is truly scandalous that politicians and councils do not invest in these towns and it seems to have got worse since the lockdowns.

[@paulrowe9604]

The Grimsby he showed was only one small area ! He deliberately chose to make a video that showed Grimsby in a bad light ! Interviewing only the dross of society ! Most of Gy is beautiful ! And he only interviews drunks and druggies !!! There are pleny of videos on KZbin that show bus trips through beautiful suburbs to the Meridean and the Fitties and to Louth and to Lincoln

[@codylarkhart261]

Small businesses all across the Western hemisphere took the brunt of it during the lockdowns without adequate financial aid or protection from guv, while major corporations and their boards of CEO's took bonuses and were given government aid. Who works for who? you might ask.

[@terryjohnson7389]

As a Lincoln kid in the 60s we used to have days out to Grimsby and Cleethorpes and they were great days with a thriving fishing industry and a magical seaside resort, really sad to see its decline.

[@basylpeterjones]

Cleethorpes has had record tourism in recent years. There are two sets of estimates that are reliable; measuring different things, so there's no doubt about this.

[@LeeAnderssonMP]

Because of course.....B R E X I T.

[@ruiseartalcorn]

This is heartbreaking :( I was born in Grimsby in 1958 and went to St. James Choir School. I left with my family in 1970. To see this now is such a shock! :(

[@daffydaggers3156]

It looks like Coney Island here in Brooklyn, NYC! There’s good folks there but the poverty is extensive and visible. Rather sad…

[@theresam1963]

Blame the government giving our fishing waters to foreigners

[@BatTaz19]

Perhaps you could start by returning stolen property to "foreigners"? 😊

[@martinwilde2737]

Oh and did Ted Heath get a brown envelope for over 250k? - worth a million or two in today's money. The government should be driven into the sea.

[@unionjakjakson]

The skippers made very good money from this. De-commissioning their boats and selling their eu quotas. Did not help the people that worked for them, but it made a few very wealthy.

[@DropB]

Take a look at the map...

[@JopelB]

I use to go Cleethorpes as a kid around summertime and it was a wonderful and lively place. It's been on the gradual decline with the rise of cheaper abroad holidays, but I think it took a significant turn for the worst during covid when nobody could visit. I'm really hoping it bounces back, absolutely lovely people.

[@karlblotz]

I visited my parents in cleethorpes over the summer, I was really pleased to see the beach and amusements were absolutely packed with people the whole week we stayed, Papas definitely did well out of us 😂

[@vanessahenderson1850]

@@karlblotz If you knew how filthy the kitchens are at Pappas, you'd not eat at that place ever again. How the place gets away with what they do is beyond me. Oh, wait, backhanders or something with the hygiene inspectors. Seriously, my advice to anyone that visits the area is to avoild Pappas. There are other fish and chip places where the food is superb such as Steels in Cleethorpes Market lace and Ocean Fish Bar on St Peters Avenue.

[@grahamjarvis2009]

I am from Grimsby, Lived here all My life, The Online shopping world has killed the high street. We are at the end of the train line, end of the motorway, we are not connected with big cities. The guys you interviewed if given a job today wouldn’t turn in tomorrow, it’s the mindset. He missed his appointment and lost out of £200, you are homeless, surely getting £200 and turning up for your appointment is an absolute priority. I work, I’m not rich, I provide for my family, but you have to want to work, drag your self out of bed and want to contribute to society. There was no mention of the wind sector Grimsby which is a major part of the docks now, a growth sector of the town, fish work will dry up eventually and Grimsby will take another knock in the unskilled labor sector. The fishing has long gone, a handful of crabbing boats going out that’s about it. The fishing industry in the Uk is worth 1/10th of the Uk gaming industry. It’s gone and it won’t be coming back. Grimsby is home for me, I’m a townie and the city life isn’t for me, it has its problems like anywhere, the internet has killed shopping and the high street again the high street will be in a state of decline each year. Drugs drag areas down, Policing isn’t the best, we need more police on the streets but that’s a government issue. Oh and one more thing…. Up The Mariners… Clap Clap Fish 🐟

[@fionacarroll5562]

Heartbreaking. Thank you Wendall for sharing this.

[@batmandiablo3]

Grimsby is NOT a seaside town. Grimsby & Cleethorpes are as separate as can be. They are connected by the white lines down the middle of Park Street. They are not even served by the same member of parliament, Cleethorpes being partnered with Brigg for voting purposes. Whilst you are mainly correct to blame the collapse of the fishing industry, there are other reasons for the decline. Inept governance for one. Nobody had a clear view of the future, what to replace the fishing industry with. That is now, I believe, changing. The renewal of the centre of Grimsby should bring extended growth to the retail area and, by extension, bring more work into the area. Then it's up to the business owners to be brave enough to employ local people, criminal record or not. For clarity, I have lived in the area,m both Grimsby and Cleethorpes for nearly all of my 59 years. I could take you to places that are not as bleak as you went to, mind you that wouldn't fit your narrative, would it?

[@batmandiablo3]

Sorry, that turned into something of a rant......

[@TheBadger74]

Also Grimsby is a handy port for the boats that serve the wind farms. Most of the remaining fishing companies have almost completely switched to safety boats, surveys etc. at the wind farms. I used to visit Grimsby to work with them. There are still some fishing boats that use the harbour too. Hopefully the town can turn it around. I spoke to the owner of one of the last fishing fleets, he blamed massive overfishing and the resulting Quotas for the decline. He said that in the 70's they caught such an excess of fish that there would be piles of rotting fish on the dock because they couldn't sell them.

[@johnhutchins5448]

I'm an Australian and very sorry to see this decline which appears to be increasing in the UK and in large parts of the US which seem to be similar. When I was a boy we had what we used to call a "cultural cringe" down here meaning we as a society looked up to and admired the UK and the US as being more advanced than us. In view of how things have since turned out in our respective countries very few people in Australia think that anymore. It's nice that things have flourished for us but sad to see the diminishment elsewhere. Wishing you the best and hoping things improve for you.

[@tkatrich3]

We are just looking at our future you realise. We are screwed once natural resources run out.

[@sugipulaboule9]

Pay CASH EVERYWHERE.

[@glennoc8585]

Lots of homeless in Australia now too especially with cost of food and accommodation. Australia does pay slightly better welfare to the unemployed than the UK govt does.

[@williamcaldwell-smith3865]

All done by design I'm afraid coming to a town near you good luck in the very near future

[@vanessahenderson1850]

@@williamcaldwell-smith3865 Yeah, you're so right.

[@europeanshaman]

I worked in London, Newmarket, Cambridge and Cork,Ireland. I’m from Portugal. And 2.50£ for a pint it’s even cheaper than Portugal!! What the hell is going on. Here in Portugal is gettin crazy with the tourists. Much love to my Grimsby and Cleethorpes people ❤❤

[@langwang9130]

this town is just the definition of depression. Even the sky is a dull, gray nothingness!

[@malcolmmitchell6529]

In 78 it was a vibrant town, thank you tories

[@charisaxiopoulos9725]

And the sea is grey

[@zeldagoblin]

Try living your whole life here